MOM Employment Statistic 2008: Outpatient Sick Leave and Hospitalization Leave
56% of employees took outpatient sick leave and 4.1% took hospitalisation leave in
2007. This was broadly comparable to 52% and 4.5% respectively in 2005. Employees who
had taken outpatient sick leave in 2007 on average consumed 4.6 days of sick leave,
comparable to 4.7 days in 2005. The corresponding figure for those on hospitalisation leave
was 16.3 days in 2007, compared with 14.9 days in 2005 (Table 3).
2007. This was broadly comparable to 52% and 4.5% respectively in 2005. Employees who
had taken outpatient sick leave in 2007 on average consumed 4.6 days of sick leave,
comparable to 4.7 days in 2005. The corresponding figure for those on hospitalisation leave
was 16.3 days in 2007, compared with 14.9 days in 2005 (Table 3).
While a slightly higher proportion of management and executives (58%) took
outpatient sick leave than RAF employees (55%) in 2007, the latter on average consumed
slightly more days of outpatient sick leave (4.6 days) than the former (4.4 days). Similar
observation was made for hospitalisation leave (Table 4).
Source from
MANPOWER RESEARCH AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, MINISTRY OF MANPOWER, PAPER NO. 4/2008, Conditions of Employment 2008
